tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47389086032849361692011-07-29T02:46:18.960-05:00Me and my family's journey through fighting stage IV stomach cancer. I share the ups and downs of this terrible disease and praise God for all that he continues to give me every day.Rebeccanoreply@blogger.comBlogger5031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-87463046160428089112009-12-04T23:25:00.002-05:002009-12-04T23:41:07.834-05:00

I know many still check out Becca's Blog every now and then whether it be out of habit or the hopes that a new post will appear. I know a few of you have inquired how the family is doing. The kids are doing "okay". Kids are so resilient...I honestly believe they have been surrounded and continue to be surrounded by angels. I believe God still holds them tightly. Our birthday was on the 22nd and

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I hope people are still hitting Becca's blog. During her chemo treatments, Rebecca befriended another cancer warrior, her name is Marylin. They would often sit and receive chemo together. anyway, Marilyn called me this week and informed me that she has been given 3-9 months to live (by doctor)and she is stopping treatment. She desperately needs your prayers. She contacted me hoping that our

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Our cousin Nick found a site that allowed him to compile Becca's blog and blog photos into a book- allowing those who would like to purchase it, in it's entirety- the cost is for the book only. Nick does not profit from this. what a gift for Lauren and jack......even if you don't plan on purchasing one you can sample the first 15 pages of it. You do need a facebook account to preview it. if you

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I know a lot of you are wondering what the viewing/funeral information is. Here you go:Monday August 17th viewing 2pm-8pm at Demoney & Grimes Funeral Home Columbia CityTuesday August 18th calling from 9-11am at South Whitley Methodist Church, South Whitley Indiana. Funeral to follow at 11am. Burial at South Whitley Cemetary

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Throughout her running career Rebecca has won many ribbons and medals but all them pale in comparison to the reward she received this morning when she ran home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We cannot begin to thank you all for your faithful and ceaseless prayers over these past 3 years. We ask that you continue to lift up Jade, Lauren and Jack in prayer. We pray your hearts will

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Another devotion from Girlfriend's in GodAugust 5, 2009 A Contrite Heart Sharon Jaynes Today's Truth "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James 4:6 NIV). Friend To Friend In the Old Testament, there is an interesting account of two kings, two sins, two convictions, and two responses. What makes it interesting is that one king's sin doesn't seem so bad, but his kingdom was

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August 3, 2009 Messenger from Heaven Sharon Jaynes Today's Truth "As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:16-17 NIV). Friend To Friend Katie lay in her bed trying not to

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Yesterday was a really rough day. For some reason I couldn't get on top of the pain and cramps. It was so frustrating. I have had to increase my meds a little and I think it is helping--finally. I hate doing that though. My hospice nurse is great and I know she wouldn't stear me wrong. I was especially disappointed b/c I had plans to spend time with a friend. She came over with her kids, but I

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Wow, what a day we had yesterday! I was exhausted! We headed to town after lunch and got to Fort Wayne around 1:30--didn't get home until 6! It was a pretty good day. Bee was happy to find a pair of GAP jeans for $7! She was pleased.This morning we're headed to Warsaw where she is going to run a 5K. I am excited. I haven't seen her run for years. I hope she kicks you know what!No other big

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God has been so good to me. He has given me the energy and strength to get out of the house a little and move about more than I have been able to do for several weeks. It is amazing. Yesterday we got on the 3 wheeled bikes and I made it a little over one mile. What a hoot. Belinda hauled me in the back of my bike until we got to Grandma and Grandpa Hurd's house--we borrowed on of their bikes.

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Today's devotion is awesome! I never fully understood how taking Jesus' yoke would help my soul find rest b/c it would literally be so heavy to carry. Now I understand. There are 2 loops on the yoke made to have 2 animals attached to it. The larger loop is used for the stronger more experienced animal to help guide the weaker animal. This passage in Matthew is saying that God plans to be

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I was excited to hear thunder last night during one of my trips to the bathroom. I figured the rain would be brief, like it has been lately. I love to snooze when it rains. I also like to sit outside on the porch and watch it rain and see the plants gulp up the much needed water.I have had a good week. Probably pushed it a little too much since I paid for it yesterday. Today, won't be much

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Another good day yesterday, thank the Lord. This devotion is something else and well worth your time. I especially like the part where the author makes the comment that there are not group rates getting into heaven. Wouldn't that be nice if there were? We could pick and choose who to take. We could pick and choose our dearest friends and family, purchase "heaven tickets" as a gift? But

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Here is another devotion from Girlfriends in God. Please enjoy it. I just love the book of Isaiah...(PS, I just got an email from Belinda, she will be traveling here THIS weekend to visit. Not sure when she will be in Whitley, though. Does anyone know what time the boys'cross country team is running the next few weeks? She is training and building her mileage right now and is very fast--would

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I made it over 6 hours without pain meds last night! Now I'm paying for it, but yahoo and Praise the Lord! He is FAITHFUL, AWESOME, PERSISTENT, CONSTANT, LOVING, AND MIRACULOUS!Amy, you are so right too. There are no idols left in front of me or in my life. It's God and me. It is so clear. To have this clarity is such a gift in and of itself. My goal is to get on here later and share some

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Good morning. It's been a while again since I have gotten on here. I apologize. I need to make myself do some easy stuff like this but It seems to hard at times. I continue to battle with the whole pain management issue which makes it tough to concentrate, participate, or go anywhere. I haven't stepped outside the house for a couple of days again. I tried going to Wal-Mart with Mom on Friday

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Sorry it has been so long since I have blogged. No, I haven't felt the best and I appreciate your prayers. I don't get online as often as I used to either. I wish I could say I'm filling my days with lots of running, biking, playing with the kids, but I'm not. I'm doing a lot of sleeping and resting.I usually have someone here with me now, especially if I am here with the kids. My sister in

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First, thank you for all of your prayers. My doctor's appointment wasn't so bad and I don't have to go back to see him unless I just want to. I can let Dr. Hatcher manage my care from now on, which is a relief. I hate the drive and the waiting just kills me. Secondly, an update on Duane: He is doing well with chemo so far. Please keep his family in your prayers. His father in law had a heart

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What a sunny, hot day! Whoa! The hummingbird has been eating much more often. She sits now when she comes to the feeder that is in my bedroom window. I love watching her. I wonder if she is feeding some babies close by?I am starting to feel better and perkier. It is about time. I was getting a little nervous there. Please keep Duane Loe and his family in your prayers. He was supposed to have

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Another rough one. I worked Tuesday and felt pretty good, but got into my jammies as soon as I got home, took my meds and headed to bed. Then felt icky until, well, I guess I still feel that way. Ran a fever Thursday night, but it went away thankfully. Today we are supposed to go to the zoo for Braden's birthday party. I am worried I won't get to go. I guess time will tell. Jackson's t ball

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The following devotion from Girlfriends in God is actually fitting for both men and women. It talks about depression. We see so much depression in our office. Patients may have experienced a tragedy, a loss, or everything is perfect, yet they are in the pit of depression and frustrated as to why they are there. There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of if you are a loved one is

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Yesterday we got up and went with a friend and her 2 cute kids to pick strawberries in the rain. It only sprinkled. We got quite a few nice strawberries and the kids had fun, as always. Then I headed home, had planned on getting groceries, but I needed to get home and rest for a bit. I got my second win in the afternoon. Mom came over to help out, which was nice. We actually transplanted some

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Wow, what a busy weekend! I am so thankful we had great weather for the Relay For Life. It was a nice event and our team raised nearly $8000.00 this year--Thank you to everyone who helped us out! Hopefully they can find that cure for cancer! Also thank you to all of my family and friends who came out to walk with our team. It was such a surprise to see a lot of you. I have been getting

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I had a lot of cramps yesterday and didn't get on here, I am sorry this is late. I love her prayer at the end of the devotional. Work went well, I was pretty tired afterwards and had a couple of challenging cases that took a bit more time. I needed yesterday to rest.Relay for Life starts Saturday and ends Sunday morning at Indian Springs Middle School. The survivor lap is Saturday at 5 then

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I have been feeling pretty well. I talked to Dr. Hatcher and asked her if I could try 1/2 day once/week for a while and see how it goes. So I will be in the office this afternoon. I'm a little nervous. I hope I can keep up with the patient load. I have a feeling scheduling was very kind to me though.The rain has been nice for our flowers and garden. Although you can't tell I weeded 2 days

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We had such a nice day. The weather was perfect, the kids didn't fight--too much, and we got to go for a real bike ride. We think the kids are probably too big for the bike carrier now, though. Jade pulled them and I felt like I was pulling them since I haven't done any kind of exercise for so long. We biked out Whitley Road about 3.5 miles and then turned around. It felt tough but good. My

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I saw Dr. Whalen this afternoon and had some blood drawn. I told him that I was done with chemo, at least for a while. It's been over one year that I have been doing chemo, minus a couple breaks, but my body is just getting wiped out. He is supporting us in our decision and says that if I want to restart it later, we can do that too. I will continue to have check ups every month or so. Val

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preschool graduation video

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I am feeling better each day and actually gained 2 pounds last week. (I had lost 2 from chemo, so I am even now and hopefully still gaining). Wasn't it a beautiful weekend?We worked outside in the flower beds, mulched, and just relaxed. It probably took me 4 times as long to do the work, but I sure enjoyed myself. Aunt Beth and Lauren worked on the flower beds too. Spring flowers just brighten

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I woke up and decided I'd better get the plates for Blue Belle since I had offered the car to mom and Amy to use. When the top is down, you couldn't see the paper plate and I didn't want them getting pulled over. While at the license branch, I got my j-tubing stuck on the emergency brake and it pulled a little (so I thought). Then the alarm on the pump kept beeping air in the line, so I had to

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It's been a rough few days. I think I may be rethinking continuing chemo. If I am going to be basicly bed-fast for 4-5 days following chemo, is it really worth it?I also don't tolerate the tube feedings for about 4 days after chemo--horrible reflux that leads to vomiting. I woke up vomiting this morning. I had horrible nausea--probably from the pain med. I laid around in bed until about 1 then

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It's been an ok week. Wasn't sure I'd have chemo yesterday b/c I woke up with a fever of 103 early yesterday morning. It was back to normal by the time I had chemo and my blood work looked good, so we went ahead and did chemo. Also my tube got clogged and I had to fight with it from 3 am on. So I was grumpy yesterday.Tuesday and Wednesday went pretty well. Yesterday and today has been rough.

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Here she is! I will have to get a photo with the top down, Jade in the driver's seat, and the kids in the back seat to get the full effect. Hopefully the weekend will be nice for Mother's Day. I think we're going to celebrate Jackson's b-day and Mother's day at Mom and Dad's Sunday after church. It will be nice to relax and watch the men do all the work (Jade already does that in our house!!

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Got home yesterday afternoon. It sure is nice to be home, but it was also nice having all the great nurses taking care of me. Dr. Y put in the new j tube yesterday morning. It only stung when he gave me the local anesthetic. He asked me if I could feel anything, and I said nope, then I said ouch! (Only kidding him). I don't think he thought that was very funny.Still puking EVERYTHING up.

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All I have been getting done here is sleeping. I guess my body needs that. Dr.Y is going to put a new j tube in either this afternoon or in the morning. I am also getting 2 units of blood. Hopefully this will help too. I guess the dr. is going to put the j tube in in my room under local anesthetic. Still does not sound like much fun to me.Just wanted to add this update and thank you for

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Yesterday morning, Jade brought me back to Parkview. Just feeling ill and dehydrated. I am resting and have asked not to have any visitors right now. I really need to rest. I really appreciate everyone's concern and prayers, but I was so wore out after being here the last time, we thought it would be best not to have visitors.Sorry so short, going to take another nap.Becca

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What a beautiful day for our run/walk. We had a fabulous turn out and a great time. Our team raised $3114.00 for the American Cancer Society today. Great job to all the volunteers and participants.It was good to see so many friendly faces today. I will try to post some photos of the race (and of blue bell) soon. Our car is a mini cooper convertible...I guess I forgot to mention that.Thank you

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Jade just delivered my new little car. I am so excited. Of course, there is mud all over the inside now...but that will wash off. Yes, I named the car. Kind of sad, but true. I can't wait until work is over so I can drive it. I only test drove it. Jade met the dealer in Auburn. (I should probably specify what kind of dealer--a car dealer!) So he got to drive it all that way, says it is a

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Wasn't the weather just gorgeous this weekend? Jade and I planted some flowers while the kids played in the sandbox. The garage sale brought tons of folks to South Whitley. Nope, we did not have a garage sale, Are you kidding? I hide on garage sale day. Actually I went with Staci and we volunteered at the heartbeats run Saturday morning. It was fun. I was a little worried how I'd be at a

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Got home yesterday around noon. I was really surprised that I got to come home. Dr. Yahanda was gone for the day so I saw Dr. Marks. There was really no reason to stay. I had a rough day yesterday, ran a fever all afternoon. No fever today and have had a good day.I have to lug around the backpack with my nutritional feeding in it 24/7. Kind of a pain, but doc said I can take a break from it

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I started vomiting up my tube feeding on Tuesday and continued to do that Until Wednesday morning. I called Dr. Yahanda on Tuesday morning and his nurse told me to get an enema and then chase it with a dulcolax suppository. Not my idea of how I like to spend my lunch break, but I did it. YIKES. Did not help.I checked back in with Dr Yahanda yesterday morning and updated his nurse. She called

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changed to Friday, May 1st, 7 pm. Sorry for the change of info.Check out this awesome devotion!April 21, 2009 Here Comes the Judge! Mary SoutherlandToday’s Truth “Love one another as I have loved you.” John 15:12Friend to Friend A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in homespun, thread bare clothes, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly into the Harvard

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I thought that I'd try to increase my tube feeding amount. So I started it 5 hours sooner than normal and added an extra 500 mLs (and 500 calories). I think I should have started out a little lower on the new amount. I started vomiting this morning around 5 am...all Osmalite (yuk). It tastes like baby formula tastes. So, I think I will just try to increase it by maybe 250mls or less at a

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I got up this morning and felt pretty good, so I put on my rain gear and went for a walk. My legs are still wobbly but there's no better way to get stronger. I am hoping to be able to walk the 5k on the third. Our Relay for Life team is putting on a 7.5 mile and a 5K run--2 options to run or walk on May 3rd at the South Whitley Library at 2 pm. Hope we have a good turn out.I can't believe it

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I guess the CT machine was down yesterday, so my test is on Saturday morning instead.I am good with that.Grandma and Grandpa Hurd made it home last night! We're so excited. It's just not Spring without the here. AND a sure place to find a cookie!Kyle is going to help me get supplies so we can build a raised garden today. We're going to use block. I am anxious to make it a challenge for all those

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It has been kind of a rough week. I had a lot of vomiting this week. I even had to cancel part of my patients on Tuesday afternoon, I hated to do that. I've never had to do that before. I did better yesterday. I saw dr. Whalen and Dr. Yahanda. They don't know why I am vomiting like this. I have a CT scan today at 1, so maybe we'll figure something out.I am looking forward to some nicer

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I just found out that Carol Young, the woman we honored at the Becca's Love Run in 2007, is undergoing brain surgery today. I don't have a lot of details, but I was told that it is an aggressive cancerous tumor. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.Also, Jade's cousin Jaren is having back surgery today. She and her family also need our prayers. Jaren is a lot like me, it's going to be

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I didn't feel too bad this morning until I ate a blueberry muffin. Then I spent the next 4 hours vomiting and feeling lousy. Jade took the kids to Judy's (Thank you God). And I pleaded with the man upstairs to stop the vomiting and pain. I think He wanted me to realize I just can't eat stuff for a while and if I do, there will be a price to pay.I started feeling better about noonish and got a

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-32556799657924990812009-04-07T09:33:00.002-05:002009-04-07T09:42:10.218-05:00

I am feeling better since I have been getting some calories and vitamins through my tube feedings. I may even have to shave my beard if my hair and nails keep growing (dont worry, Id wax before I would ever shave my face!) Dr. Yahanda hasn't been up yet today, he had an early surgery. I expect him to be up in between surgeries today. He told me yesterday that I should be going home on

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-83193096958572848492009-04-06T08:10:00.002-05:002009-04-06T08:17:29.883-05:00

I am tolerating my tube feeding well. They started out running it only at half the strength and on a low drip rate. Now I'm up to full strength. I get this 24 hours a day now, but once I am at home, I will only d0 the feedings at night. Dr. Yahanda said I can still take fluids orally, but actually eating solid food is probably in the past. He said I could chew up food, but I will have spit it

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-23546639729356992912009-04-04T07:08:00.002-05:002009-04-04T07:15:56.156-05:00

Thank you to all of you who have been praying and sending kind words our way. We greatly appreciate it. Dr. Yahanda was pleased with the surgery. He did see a few areas of cancer on the lining of my abdomen and on some of my bowel, but he said he thought I would look much worse. Who knows how long those areas have been there? So we are so happy with the report.Everytime I woke up last night

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I didn't have chemo today. I felt pretty poor this morning. I have been having a lot of trouble keeping anything down. So I asked for the feeding tube today. I got in this afternoon to see a surgeon and he consulted with Dr. Yahanda. Tomorrow I have surgery to place the feeding tube at 5 pm. I'm a little nervous about what else the Dr. might see when he cuts into my abdomen. I pray that

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-21859376115438065762009-03-30T08:07:00.002-05:002009-03-30T08:23:53.210-05:00

This devotion is another great one. I used to hold grudges and not be so quick to forgive. I can honestly say, there is no one in my life or past that I haven't forgiven OR asked for forgiveness (including my first husband). That is a very humbling experience, but a freeing one as well.There is someone that goes to church with my mom and dad who accidentally killed another couple's son in a

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Yesterday I drove all he way to my oncologist's office on State street to find out that I didn't need that shot after all. Now mind you, when I was there last Thursday and saw that my hemoglobin was over 10, I questioned the physician assistant as to whether I really needed it and she said yes. I didn't get too upset, I thought, heck with it...Jackson and I will stop off at Dick's Sporting

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-80741674308377645432009-03-25T12:28:00.003-05:002009-03-25T12:55:10.860-05:00

I felt so poorly over the weekend and on Monday that I was wondering if I would bounce back this time. Thank you God for helping me keep food down yesterday! I even went out to the Brownstone for lunch with Jade, the kids, and Grandma Judy. (Some very overly generous folks gave us a gift certificate for there and we finally got to use part of it--Thank you)And they had a small sweet potato cookie

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We had a good time at mom and dad's yesterday afternoon fishing. Kyle, Emily and Taylor were there too. Taylor was, by far, the fisherwoman of the day. She not only caught 2 blue gill, but she also caught a humungous catfish that weighed over 10 pounds with her kiddy pole! What a hoot. Emily pulled in the catfish by just the line. It looked like she was pulling in a sea monster! Then Jade got bit

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Kathleen, thank you for sharing your story on here. You are an inspiration and a miracle--an example of what God can do in our lives. Amy is a wonderful person and mentor. I love her like my second mother. I get unhooked in an hour or so. I cannot WAIT! I've been constipated since Sunday and vomiting since then...finally some relief today (TMI?) I just ate a little pork roast and potatoes, so far

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Grace turned 1 yesterday! Happy birthday Grace. I can't believe she is already one year old. One year ago I got to watch her come into this world. What a priviledge! My counts were up enough for chemo yesterday. Praise the lord. I'm still having trouble with vomiting, but it's better if I stick to liquids. I probably need to just go really slow before reintroducing solids again. I get to

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-24564190843536215212009-03-18T06:09:00.002-05:002009-03-18T06:25:05.434-05:00

It's been a struggle to eat and drink this week. Ever since Sunday, I can't keep hardly anything down. I don't feel that bad as long as I don't eat. Not sure if I have a virus or if it's cancer related. No fever, though. I'm sipping on some gatorade today, but it feels like it's going to come back up. Hopefully things will get straightened out soon. I am supposed to have chemo tomorrow.Last

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Such a pretty weekend. What a blessing to finally enjoy some nicer weather and hear the birds singing in the morning.We woke up late--Jackson woke up in the night with a croupy cough--he freaked out about not having much of a voice. So we all overslept and I went to church and Sunday school by myself. Then we finally celebrated Christmas on Jade's mom's side of the family. I always love

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-14227686209436287382009-03-12T14:22:00.002-05:002009-03-12T14:28:44.767-05:00

Blood counts too low. Dr. W. ordered some more blood cultures today and started me on an antibiotic. I'm really anemic. I've never been this low (hemoglobin). So hopefully the shot I got today will boost that or I'm afraid I might need some blood.Dad took me today. We ran some errands afterwards since we had extra time.The kids and I played some games this afternoon which was fun. I lost

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-16269251513933154352009-03-11T07:35:00.002-05:002009-03-11T07:39:31.119-05:00

This is one terrific devotion. It's as if God was talking directly to me. Last night as a was laying in bed, I was trying to imagine my tumor just chipping away. Tomorrow is chemo. I'm hoping to stay on Thursdays so I don't have to be tied down on Sundays and hopefully will feel a little better on Sunday. I miss going to church and Sunday school. We are blessed to have found such spiritual

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-34448789537755164562009-03-09T11:39:00.004-05:002009-03-09T19:31:08.135-05:00

Despite missing the kids and Jade horribly, Kyle, Rachel (and Grace) and I had a super time. We've never done anything like that before. We had a lot of good laughs and enjoyed the warmer weather with Grandma and Grandpa. I realized it was the first time in a long time where I kind of felt like a normal person.I don't like that fact that once a person gets diagnosed with cancer, that it often

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We've been on quite a roller coaster ride over the past few weeks. I haven't been able to commit to anything more than just a day ahead--and still kind of nervous about how I will feel. So planning this trip with Rachel, Kyle,. & Grace has made me a little nervous too. I just so want everyone to have a nice time and I don't want to be a liability. It stinks to be sick, especially when it

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March 2, 2009 The Velveteen Woman Sharon JaynesToday's Truth "Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ" (Galatians 1:10 NIV).Friend to Friend Most of us have read or heard of the childhood classic, The Velveteen Rabbit. Perhaps you first heard the story snuggled in your mother's

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First of all, our insurance network changed Nov 1 from Encore to Sagamore plus which was an awesome move for me since all of my doctors and the hospitals I use are in that network. Then the first week of January, I get a letter telling me that they changed the network to SuperMed Plus--one doc is on that plan. I was irate! How can they just change the network like that? Then I found out that

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Thank you for all of your prayers and support. I don't feel I can ever say this enough.One day this week, I received to big bouquets of balloons with some candy. Thank you so much Jennifer & Mike and girls and Jeff and Jill and family for those. You should have seen Jackson and Lauren's eyes when they saw them. They immediately were picking out the ones they got to keep. It was funny. I ended

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Got home late Wednesday night. Yesterday was a bit of a whirlwind. My body wanted to rest, but my brain new I needed to get outside while the weather was nice. So we broke out our bikes (me on the three wheeled bike with my hat and scarf!), the kids zooming around me. I felt old! We rode to the park and played a while, and then visited Grandma Myers. When we got home the flower guy was there

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-59521955662476104582009-02-23T13:49:00.002-05:002009-02-23T14:12:32.649-05:00

Dr. H was going to send me home this morning, but she called oncology to make sure it was ok with them...it wasn't. They ordered another set of blood cultures today, so I will be here until tomorrow, at least. Then, after Dr. H left this morning, I started feeling ill again. Ended up with a pretty good fever. I have a virus of some sort, but I thought the fevers would be gone by now.After some

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-67076956715355117072009-02-22T09:14:00.003-05:002009-02-22T09:26:01.221-05:00

Tammi-just received your comment. Please email me at jadebecca@embarqmail.com.I'd be more than happy to answer any questions for you. Dr. Y is awesome!!!!! You can most definitely trust him.I had some blood work drawn on Friday. I guess the blood culture that they checked out of my port was positive for some sort of bug...still waiting on the exact culprit. So I'm back in again. This time I

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-76884975306213416522009-02-21T08:30:00.002-05:002009-02-21T08:35:46.644-05:00

I spoke too soon. By Thursday afternoon, my temperature was over 102! I had horrible body aches, headache, neck ache, chills, and started coughing. Friday I woke up still having a fever of 102 and the same symptoms. I called my oncologist and he ordered some lab work. My WBCs were great, so he said to give it time. Now I think I have the flu. I did have my shot; however, there are more

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-51467126809227468332009-02-19T14:49:00.003-05:002009-02-19T14:58:55.651-05:00

Wow, it has been a long week. I woke up this morning feeling better and stronger. I ate a can of ravioli last night, then an entire grapefruit, and then a nutri grain bar. I don't think I eat another nutri grain bar for a while, but SUPER news...I kept it all down and up...if you know what I mean. No emergency bathroom visits. I worked all day Tuesday and it was a pretty tough day. I think

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I am working a few hours this afternoon, kind of testing the waters to make sure I can handle working all day tomorrow. I just sat down and saw an email from Jade. He doesn't do much emailing, so this one really caught my attention. In the subject line it read "love you!" and he sent some photos to me to cheer me up. Jade has had to pick up my slack over the past few years and especially over the

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-7494625700269523062009-02-16T09:28:00.002-05:002009-02-16T09:38:34.805-05:00

I have been struggling with learning how to accept all of the prayers that loved ones are saying for me and my family. That may sound silly, especially after the past 2 1/2 years, but it is the honest truth. When Pastor Paul came to visit me in the hospital last week, he talked about his mother and how she finally cashed in the prayers that were being said for her. I had never heard it put

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-78567827310096256832009-02-15T09:06:00.002-05:002009-02-15T09:17:28.453-05:00

We got home around 9 pm Friday night. Val and Jon had the kids and really helped us out a lot last week. We are so thankful for good friends and family.The chemo has been rough. I've been nauseated and have been doing some nausea and vomiting this morning. Hopefully it will be short-lived. Jade took the kids to his mom's so I could rest. It is tough. I finally get home and want to spend

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-62233849035797859472009-02-13T12:46:00.003-05:002009-02-13T12:52:47.746-05:00

I am still in the hospital, just awaiting my chemo. Then I should get to finally go home. Shakes are staying down and I'm feeling good. Of course I woke up with a migraine this morning! I pray for those normal things, but could without the headache.This devotion is a good one. I am definitely not where I want to be as a supporter of my husband (you'll understand when you read the devotion). I get

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-23573968533715461052009-02-12T17:34:00.002-05:002009-02-12T17:43:48.632-05:00

Dr. K said that he and Dr. Whalen talked today And he had a call into Dr. Y. Dr. K asked me if I had ever just drank shakes (avoiding food). I said no. I have always drank shakes as if they were to supplement my regular food intake. So this afternoon, I have only been drinking nutritional shakes and let me tell you, I feel like a new woman. Those shakes are like spinach is to Popeye. I took

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-34358515505559829692009-02-12T09:30:00.002-05:002009-02-12T09:32:25.115-05:00

I had a good laugh this morning when the volunteer brought in a bouquet of ballons and some flowers that were from "A littler of cats and dogs". You should have seen the look on her face. At first I didn't get it, but thank you Emmaus Class for the goodies! They are beautiful and the kids are going to be fighting over the balloons.Still haven't seen Dr. Yahanda yet this morning. I hope to hear

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-24507025346147713952009-02-12T06:08:00.003-05:002009-02-12T06:55:36.596-05:00

My test took about 6 hours from start to finish. I didn't have to stay in radiology the entire time, thankfully. I spent about 1 1/2 hours in my room at one point. Dr. K came in yesterday afternoon, sat down, and was very patient with me. It was nice that he wasn't rushing out of my room. He told me that he even looked up my results--they weren't even officially done. So he kind of went the extra

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-21181685996571203812009-02-10T13:42:00.003-05:002009-02-10T13:47:03.774-05:00

As I was sitting here sobbing, there was a knock at the door. Pastor Paul came for a visit. After having a little pitty party, we had a great talk and prayer. In the middle of this visit, Dr. Yahanda came in my room!! He not only assessed me and listened to both of my lungs, but he listened to me. He is ordering an Upper GI swallow study which will include the area of pain, unlike the

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-50221226848749708862009-02-10T11:09:00.004-05:002009-02-11T17:37:34.828-05:00

Dr. Kullipara came in and told me he was ordering a CT and consult. Well, this is the second time in less than 24 hours that he changed his mind about the CT and decided not to order it. My nurse was just in here and told me that he left without writing the order for it and decided to leave it up to Dr. Yahanda to decide. I am so upset. I think I'm most upset because when I called and talked to

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-75520778643533609322009-02-10T08:42:00.010-05:002009-02-10T10:54:09.252-05:00

Being ill, I have found that pain does not just hurt physically, but greatly affects me emotionally, psychologically and worse--spiritually. I have trouble focusing on others and sometimes get resentful when my kids ask me to do something for them when I am feeling lousy. It always seems they want something when I just sit down to rest. When Peter writes "do not be surprised at the painful things

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-42104556513560034622009-02-09T13:46:00.002-05:002009-02-09T14:03:35.642-05:00

I'm in my room at Parkview now. Kind of bored so I thought I'd update this. I am in room 283--I think this is the same exact room I was in when Jackson was born. The oncology department moved to the old postpartum floor. I am waiting for the physician extender to assess me and to get the ball rolling on things. I am hoping we will find out something today from whatever tests they may order,

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We had a nice flight home. It would have been even better if I hadn't had to use the plane vomit bag. We had just boarded the plane...and I lost breakfast again.Anyways. I called the oncologist on call after we landed in Indy. Thankfully it was Dr. Gize and I had seen him a couple of times, so he remembered me. He wants me to call the office at 8 this morning and get in to the office to be

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-25558299310107342402009-02-07T14:41:00.002-05:002009-02-07T14:49:56.698-05:00

thi have had a rough week. Nearly everything that i try to eat comes back up. And i am having horrible abdominal pain in my left upper quadrant. I called dr. Dickmeyer today and he made me feel better. Basicly i need to call dr. Yahanda tomorrow and see if he'll see me. There has to be something causing all this pain. I have a feeling that a scope may be in my future AND A feeding tube. I

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-92085918158737191352009-02-04T08:18:00.002-05:002009-02-04T08:20:15.267-05:00

It is chilly down here in St Pete and very windy. We are heading to Busch Gardens in Tampa today and plan to stop in at their Science and Industry museum if we have time. We are having fun, despite the cooler temps. It is supposed to be in the 70s this weekend. Of course, we will only get one day of that. I hope everyone in Indiana is staying warm and healthy! Love, Becca

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Last year when we came back from Florida, we flew Allegiant Air. It was a nightmare getting home. We boarded the plane only to have to get off the plane after 15-20 minutes or so--engine problems. Then we waited for 8 or 9 hours in the airport with 2 kids until we could get a flight home. Needless to say, we are flying out of Indy this year, threw away those vouchers from Allegiant Air...This

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Today in Sunday school we talked about The difference between Cat and Dog theology again. We discussed dealing with the Cliff Clavins (cheers) and Mimi (from Drew Carey show) in our daily lives and how we should best deal with them. The cats would pray "give me the strength to deal with them" or "God, please soften their hearts". Whereas the dogs would pray, "Lord, please allow my actions and

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January 28, 2009 I'm not_______ enough. Sharon Jaynes Today's Truth "Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?" 1 Corinthians 3:16 (NIV) Friend To Friend I'm not _____________ enough. You can fill that blank in with smart, talented, gifted, spiritual, or any number of positive attributes, but the root source of each one of those lies is "I'm not good

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-45741818666245195612009-01-27T11:59:00.000-05:002009-01-27T12:03:00.920-05:00

Mary Southerland is truly a gifted writer and she seems to just let the Holy Spirit flow through her into her writings. We are blessed to have her! Love, BeccaJanuary 27, 2009 Living by Faith Mary Southerland Today's Truth 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NIV) "We live by faith, not by sight."Friend To Friend Miracles should be a daily occurrence. "God things" should be the norm if we truly know and abide in

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I'm finally feeling a little better today. WEll, a lot better, really. We made it through Church and Sunday school yesterday. Then I got to spend time with VAl...we celebrated her birthday. We went out to eat and I ate more than she did!!!!!The we saw Revelutionary Road...it was an exhausting movie to watch. It was good, but kind of depressing. We had fun though.I called my oncologist this

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-43226018671696921182009-01-22T14:37:00.003-05:002009-01-22T22:38:14.224-05:00

My MRI and Echo results were fine and dandy! Thank God! Praise the Lord. Now if I can get rid if this awful cold and laryngitis. I was hoping Jade would think my voice was more soultry, instead, he gets frustrated b/c he can't hear me on my cell phone. Yep, I ended up having to purchase another cell. After I make sure it works, I'm canceling that insurance plan. What a scam. I took Jackson

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-73100331599723476832009-01-20T11:44:00.000-05:002009-01-20T11:47:02.653-05:00

I accidently stuck my cell phone into my orange juice this morning. I was in the car and am not used to anything in that particular cup holder, so that's where I put my cell. So I relieved when I remembered I kept that insurance on it? Well I found out that I have $150 deductible. No one told me that when I bought my phone. So I am sharing this on here so you guys don't make the same mistake

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-39728214234558418942009-01-19T21:04:00.002-05:002009-01-19T21:14:05.824-05:00

I had a rough day, but I am feeling better tonight. I ended up calling the oncologist today and my doctor wasn't in. The on call Dr. ordered an MRI of the brain and an echocardiogram on Wednesday. I'm kind of bummed about it. But I know that I need to get things checked out. Jackson had his show and tell today and he finally got to take his plastic fruit to school (along with his squishy

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-76793916130396838362009-01-18T07:33:00.002-05:002009-01-18T07:48:12.182-05:00

The kids have been trapped indoors for several days but have been playing well. Jade caught them playing barbies. I asked him if that bothered him, since Jackson was playing with them? He quickly responded..."The barbies were naked...so no!" Then this morning after watching Tom and Jerry on TV, The kids decided to copy the show and try to put a diaper on our cat Sylvester. Jade nipped that

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-50807460509144956392009-01-15T15:22:00.000-05:002009-01-15T15:23:40.152-05:00

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I saw Dr. Whalen yesterday after driving for 1 1/2 hours to get there. But I had chemotherapy. I did have to get another arenesp injection and I need neulasta Saturday afternoon again. Dr. Whalen doesn't think I should have the sigmoidoscopy now. He made a good point. Even if there was cancer in my colon now, what would or could we do differently? I am not having any symptoms of bowel

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-78104465202410377722009-01-13T13:27:00.002-05:002009-01-13T13:32:15.991-05:00

sorry i am putting this on here instead of emailing,but i am short on time. Saw dr s today. He was not aware that i had that tumor in my abdomen. He is going to do another scope,just a sigmoidoscopy. Not sure when yet but he wants to do it soon. he did say my esophagus looked pristine!

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-38106451371430151112009-01-09T20:00:00.004-05:002009-01-09T20:51:09.862-05:00

WE had a pretty good day if you don't count the lower GI. I forgot how much fun those were. Holy Moly! I wish I would have had Jade written something on my rear end, like handle with care or precious cargo or something! Anyways, the results were pretty good, I think. The radiologist found an area in the upper left quadrant area of bowel that looked like a mass or maybe a looped over bowel. I

Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4738908603284936169.post-49245589488328016992009-01-08T19:48:00.002-05:002009-01-08T19:56:53.058-05:00

I was a good girl, drank most of my prep, didn't like the peanut butter off my fingers when I was making breakfast for the kids. Didn't even snitch a chocolate hershey kiss...then 30 minutes before we were to head out to the hospital, I accidentally swallowed my gum when I drove over the town train tracks. First of all, thank you for all your prayers. The nurse got my IV on the first stick,

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